Item BHH/5/4/1 - Letter from Ganapat Sakai to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 15 October 1846

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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/4-BHH/5/4/1

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Letter from Ganapat Sakai to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 15 October 1846

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  • 15th Oct 1846 (Creation)

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Hodgson Brian Houghton 1801-1894 Indian Civil Servant, Naturalist

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Letter from Ganapat Sakai to Brian Houghton Hodgson at Darjeeling, 15 October 1846, in which he gives a detailed account of the shooting of General Guggin Sing and the subsequent consequences leading to the takeover of the country by Jangabahadur. He appends a list of those who "fell in the tumult" of that night, dated 15 September 1846. Handwritten, 6 sides.

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